Lifestyle
Dining
Enjoy French cuisine at JOËL, a five star chic and modern French restaurant
founded by James Beard Award-winning Chef Joël Antunes. The menu reflects the
chef’s extensive travels and culinary experience in the south of France, Paris,
London, Asia, and the United States. JOËL showcases his lifelong commitment to
preparing simple yet innovative French cuisine and features one of the most
extensive wine lists in the city. The restaurant received the AAA Four Diamond
Restaurant Award in 2007 and the Wine Spectator Award of Excellence in 2007,
amongst many others.
Atlanta's oldest continuously operating restaurant is a dining experience
offering guests a glimpse of yesteryear. The cuisine of the American South is
the oldest and most completely developed of all regional American cuisines.
Enjoy a culinary tradition based on seasonal freshness, ethnic diversity, and
simply prepared, highly flavorful food. -
Voted 2nd best Italian restaurant in Jezebel magazine, Ippolito's family style
Italian restaurant has been serving the Atlanta community for 18 years. Enjoy
casual, friendly atmosphere and excellent service in addition to healthy
portions of wonderful food. Their entrees range from homemade sandwiches, pizzas
and calzones to delicious pastas to specialty chicken, veal and seafood dishes.
Enjoy smooth jazz, sample from one of the best and most comprehensive wine lists
in the southeast, or just enjoy great food with a distinctly seaside wharf décor
in one of Atlanta's most unique restaurants. -
Enjoy world class hand crafted beers along with Napa-like cuisine. Created by
food and beer enthusiasts for food and beer enthusiasts. We’re passionate about
serving local produce, all -natural meats, and artisanal cheeses. We bake each
of our breads and make everything else — all of our demi-glace, salad dressings,
pommes frites, ice creams and sorbets. As part of a sustainable, natural cycle,
we add our brewer’s spent grain to our home-baked bread and share the rest with
a local organic farm, where it is composted to grow our vegetables. -
10 Degrees South is the only restaurant of its kind in the USA, specializing in
South African cuisine. South African cuisine is a fusion of French, Portuguese,
Dutch, German and Malaysian cuisines with strong Mediterranean influences. 10
Degrees South is a trendy, sleek and contemporary restaurant with outstanding
cuisine.
Enjoy vegetarian cuisine at the World Peace Café, voted the Best Vegetarian Café
in Atlanta.
From their humble beginnings on Broad Street in New Orleans to their current
position as the world's largest fine dining company, Ruth's Chris Steak House
has come quite a long way in its first four decades. In 2005, they've celebrated
their 40th anniversary, and they consider it a celebration of the life of a
woman who broke the mold - their founder, Ruth Fertel.
The Cheesecake Factory is known for their large selection of delicious
cheesecakes and upscale casual dining fare. Try one of their 50 delicious
cheesecakes and desserts such as their White Chocolate Raspberry Truffle®
Cheesecake or their new Godiva Chocolate Cheesecake with a cappuccino or
espresso.
Enjoy a taste of Paris and Tokyo with this unique French Japanese bakery.
Typical of upscale pastry shops found in Tokyo, you'll find French pastries such
as croissants to chocolate eclairs as well as croissants fill with sweet adzuki
beans. If you're looking for that special cake, try JoliKobe.
Theater
- Fox Theatre
- Woodruff Arts Center
- Philips Arena
- Georgia Dome
- Turner Field
- Regal 10 Theater in Perimeter Pointe
Venues
Atlanta's Number One Comedy Club since 1982. With more than a million
customers entertained, we've had more than 3,000 comedians perform at our club,
which is more than any other comedy club presently or formerly in Atlanta can
claim. In the heart of the metro area, 1/2 mile north of 285 off Roswell Road,
we are the best comedy club showcase showroom for your next special event.
Reservations are required. You must be 21 with an ID to become a part of
Atlanta's legendary and historic comedy club.
Voted Atlanta’s Best Concert Experience, enjoy concerts at this rocking venue.
Enjoy big band sounds with the 23 Grammy winning Atlanta Symphony Orchestra or
catch a concert from a multitude of artists from Blues to Rock, Jazz to Country.
Food and drink is, of course, a staple of the Chastain Experience. You can
either fill your picnic basket and cooler, or order your meal from Delta Classic
Chastain’s fine, on-site caterers and pick it up when you get to the park.
Chastain Park
Is a 158 acre park which features extensive jogging paths, nine tennis
courts, basketball courts, baseball fields, and several picnic areas.
North Fulton Golf Course
Is a city owned 18-hole public golf course.
Chattahoochee River National Park
Features hiking, bicycling and jogging paths.
Philips Arena has consistently ranked among the top-10 concert and event
arenas in North America since opening in 1999. Philips Arena, named for founding
partner Philips Electronics and home of the NHL's Atlanta Thrashers, NBA's
Atlanta Hawks and AFL's Georgia Force, has hosted many of the top tours and
events of 2005 including: U2, Rolling Stones, Paul McCartney, Bruce Springsteen,
Kenny Chesney (three sold-out shows), Kanye West, Disney on Ice, Neil Diamond,
Nine Inch Nails, Usher's Project Restart, Elton John, Coldplay, Scream IV Tour,
Sesame Street Live, Joel Osteen, Green Day, Toby Keith, MegaFest 2005,
Children's Healthcare of Atlanta Summer Rehab Games, Destiny's Child, Tony
Hawk's Boom Boom HuckJam, Reba McEntire, Harlem Globetrotters, Ringling Bros.
and Barnum & Bailey Circus, Josh Groban, boxing with Laila Ali and Champions on
Ice.
The Georgia Dome, the largest cable-supported domed stadium in the world,
opened in 1992. Located in downtown Atlanta, the Dome is the home venue for the
Atlanta Falcons, host to Super Bowl XXVIII and XXXIV, host of the gymnastics and
basketball events for the 1996 Olympic Games and host to both a Men's and
Women's NCAA Final Four. Annually, the Dome hosts the Bank of America Atlanta
Football classic, the SEC Football Championship and the Chick-fil-A Bowl. The
Dome is equipped to handle large non-sporting events which include everything
from major trade shows to concerts by such entertainers as the Rolling Stones
and Backstreet Boys to religious events by such ministers as Billy Graham and
T.D. Jakes.
Home of the Atlanta Braves. Sit back and relax with some hot dogs and a great
game of baseball.